The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1887-07-30
JOSIAH ALIENS WIFE.
Samantha Tells More About Her Tower
to the Capital.

anu Set'S sumo Susei
ness of the AnimaIs-A Rock That Fell
Out of the Other World.
WAsHlNGToN, d. G., Jnly ), ISL
Wall, as Josiah Allen aud | wendell our
way towards the Smithsonian Institute,
| a-walkln' afoot, l says to my pardner,
in almost warm accents:
"Mr. Smithsonian is Man that love
and honor"
Josiah looked kinder cross, aud says
he: II don't see no need of your talkin'
about lovin' HIM"
Says |: Josiah Allen, would be per-
fectly wliln' to have his wife, to have old
Miss Smithsonian herself, take a kerosene
lamp and pair of specks and look into
my heart a I'd examine the feelin's | have
for her pardner. 1t is noble feelin',
Josiah Allen, and one that does hon,r to
me and Mr.. Smithsonian. When man
has done what lie has done he is worthy
to be loved and honorcd by every thinkin'
soul on the planet"
VIZ "diiI o"J" ''oissh3 'ii''4N
most probable do Jest as well if had the
means'
Says |, His course was so noble, so
exalted, so necessary. To give most
million dollars to increase knowledge
amongst men" Oh, how agreeable that
was to me, and how it endeared him to
me- Says l, Gle knew wall how much
it was needed.
And again sithed.
"Oh. WALL" says Josiah, he meant
wimmen, too
'Oh, no." says l. "IIe knew, good
old creetnr. where knowledge was
needed
Says Josiah, I'm bet anything he
meant winner. too. 1t has always been
took so, anyway"
ooh, no." says |, that would be a
dangerous doctrine right here in Wash
ington. That might lead folks to think
that the text, All men are created free
and equal, means wlmmen, too"
'NVall," says Josiah, LESS go on
And we did. And in that big and
magnificent buildin', as big as Jonesville
and Loontown and Slab City and several
other resorts, we found everything in
abundance that was needed for the prin-
ciples that good old creetur had aimed at.
Men can get knowledge and wisdom
here in every variety and size and shape.
And wimmen could, too, if it was meant
for 'em. But as the expounders Of the
law in here in Washington say, wimmen
haint never meant as wimmen when they
are called men in the status OF the land,
only when they are spoke of in pun
ishiu' and condemnatory sense. Then
they are meant. The deepest male minds
here all agree i'll that, and Josiah knows
it is SO.
But howsumever, as | was sayin, men
can draw in deep founts of knowledge
here and sights of 'em. Why, on some
subjects you can get over 400, 900 vari-
ties of fine knowledge.
Just think onto know about one
thing-four hundred thousand different
petickulers. Why, it is more almost
than any body would want to know. Why,
there is a lot of things that l would not
give cent to know more'u four or five
things about. But 100, 900. The idee
ont.
And it haint nuthin' uncommon to get
200, 600 different varieties of one kind of
wisdom. Such as in skeletons and fishes
and birds, &C., &c. And hundred
thousand different kinds of Knowledge
about one thing is small; it haint thought
nothin' of there, they are SO powerful
wise.
Oh, what heart Mr.. Smithsonian had.
And what head too. And what mas
terly knowledge of his own sect and their
needs that they stood in need of.
Well, in the National Museum we
found everything on the face of the earth,
and lots of things beside out of the ocean
and the skies and the things from other
worlds, of which more anon.
Most the first things see as went in
was Gen. George Washington's relicts,
and Lafayette's and Gen. Grants, and
lots of other great men and wimmen.
Oh. what feelin's felt as | looked on
'em. l had over forty minute and
guess more too.
Thinks es |, There hangs George
| Washington's store clothes good ole
creetur | hope the pantaloonS wasn't toe
short for him, they looked as if they
was.) Thinks es |, here they be. Here's
Georges coat and vest. But where
where is the immortal aspirations ant
patriotism that throbbed against the
| linen of that vest once. Thinks es |
where can such emotions be found now
You can't find it i'll any drygoods stores
wholesale or retail. Store clothes seen
to be bought ready made. aud principle
throwed in for trimmins (oritory.)
Aud though good men are plenty &C
cording to the times, thinks es |, "Whert
| is the man that would take such heav.
cares on himself free gratis, and taxi
| exalted positions for high motives, ant
| denounce 'em agin for the same, for jes
| as much gratis as before, and jest as free
and no more.
| s'pose George had his faults ant
theyn was found out by his wife anC
others. He might have been slack 'bou
kindlin' wood for aught | kuow-anC
perchance he slammed doors when Dime
was delayed and hunger was on hand
promt-and | s'pose the newspapers lice
about him jest as much as they do abou
our public men of to-day. Envy aud dc
traction buzzed about his ears jest a
they do now, comm up out of til
marshes. But the verdict of a hundred
years is pretty apt to be just. And hi
virtues ring out clear now, on times oil,
clarion, and they sound first rate. | thin
lots of George.
And Just SO with oul hero. Tie tone
of that immortal clarion mentioned b.
me heretofore is drowned out sometime
by the brass bands of the present. Yer
loud sounds and very brassy, and tn
tones of that clarion seem sometimes "a
mixed up with it.
But wait till the strain rings out
hundred years from now. Then siler
man, Here when time shall have melte
out all that is coarse and common out {